Carl Christoph Oelhafen von Schöllenbach

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Carl Christoph Oelhafen von Schöllenbach (born February 16, 1709 in Nuremberg ; † June 20, 1785 ibid) was a forest scientist , natural scientist and forest officer of the free imperial city of Nuremberg.

Life

Carl Christoph Oelhafen von Schöllenbach was a member of the patrician family Oelhafen von Schöllenbach in the free imperial city of Nuremberg . Carl Christoph was a son of Christoph Elias Oelhafen von Schöllenbach (1675–1736) and his wife Anna Maria, née Gwandschneider. The Lieutenant General of the Franconian Imperial Circle Georg Christoph Oelhafen von Schöllenbach (1710–1779) and the Electoral Palatinate Truchseß and Councilor Jakob Christoph Oelhafen von Schöllenbach (1712–1749) were his younger brothers.

Carl Christoph Oelhafen von Schöllenbach studied at the University of Altdorf from 1724 to 1732 and afterwards went on the so-called Grand Tour together with his youngest brother Jakob Christoph , both of which led through Switzerland, France, England and the Netherlands. In 1737 Carl Christoph became the nurse of the Nuremberg offices in Velden and Hausseck and in 1748 the nurse of the Graefenberg office. In 1764 he was appointed chief magistrate and chief judge of the Sebalder forest near Nuremberg. Most recently he worked as a forest officer in the free imperial city of Nuremberg. Carl Christoph Oelhafen von Schöllenbach established economic institutions and improved fruit culture and forestry in Franconia by planting fruit and timber trees and other crops. As a scientist, he is best known for his forest science writings and for his translations of biological and forest science writings from the French by Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau and René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur . Between 1762 and 1771, Oelhafen alone translated five works by Duhamel on forestry into German and through this transfer of knowledge helped to put forest science in Germany on a new basis.

On September 2, 1771, Karl Christoph Oelhafen von Schöllenbach on Eismannsberg with the nickname Benedictus Curtius was accepted as a member (matriculation number 762) in the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina .

Fonts

  • with Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau: Treatise on trees, shrubs and shrubs which are raised in France in the open air . First part. Johann Michael Seligmanns, Nuremberg 1762 ( digitized version )
  • with Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau: Treatise on trees, shrubs and shrubs which are raised in France in the open air . Zweyther Theil. Johann Michael Seligmann's heirs, Nuremberg 1763 ( digitized version )
  • with Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau: Treatise on trees, shrubs and shrubs which are raised in France in the open air. Third part. From the wood-sowing and planting of the forest-trees, also the same distant maintenance; or ways to multiply and raise trees, to create thick and avenues, even whole forests, with these trees, to maintain them properly, and to restore the forests that have come into decline: as a complete treatment of forests and woods proper part . Johann Michael Seligmanns seel. Erben, Nuremberg 1763 ( digitized version )
  • with Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau: the natural history of trees, which deals with the dissection of plants and the way in which they grow; as an introduction to the complete treatment of forests and woods [...] , 2 vols., Nuremberg: De Launoy 1764/1765 ( digitized volume 1 ; digitized volume 2 ).
  • with Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau: From the felling of the forests and proper use of the felled wood Or how to deal with the felled wood, then half and fully grown upper wood, and to properly appreciate and chop all named wood is V, 2 vols. Nuremberg: De Launoy 1766/1767 ( digitized volume 1 ; digitized volume 2 ).
  • with Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau: The Lord Du Hamel du Monceau [...] treatise on the fruit trees: what their shape, upbringing and care [et] c. is displayed and described , 3 vol., Nuremberg: Winterschmidt 1775–1783 ( digitalisate )
  • Representation of the wild trees, shrubs and bushes, which are represented not only with colors according to nature, but also according to their true nature, according to the position of their leaves, according to their male and female flowers, fruits, and seeds according to their growth and age they usually reach after the upbringing and care they require, described briefly and thoroughly . Winterschmidt, Nuremberg 1767 ( digitized version )

literature

  • Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur : History of the imperial Leopoldino-Carolinische German academy of natural scientists during the second century of its existence. Friedrich Frommann , Jena 1860, p. 230 (archive.org .)
  • Richard Hölzl: The 'German Forest' as a product of a transnational knowledge transfer? Forest reform in Germany in the 18th and 19th centuries . In: Regina Dauser, Lothar Schilling (Ed.): Borders and contact zones: Reconfigurations of knowledge spaces between France and the German countries 1700–1850 (=  Discussions . Volume 7 ). perspectivia.net, 2012 ( Download [PDF; 754 kB ; accessed on June 25, 2020]).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Richard Hölzl: The 'German Forest' as a product of a transnational knowledge transfer? Forest reform in Germany in the 18th and 19th centuries . In: Regina Dauser, Lothar Schilling (Ed.): Borders and contact zones: Reconfigurations of knowledge spaces between France and the German countries 1700–1850 (=  Discussions . Volume 7 ). perspectivia.net, 2012, p. 9–12 ( Download [PDF; 754 kB ; accessed on June 25, 2020] page numbers refer to articles).


personal data
SURNAME Oil port of Schöllenbach, Carl Christoph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thales Cretensis; Oil port of Schöllenbach on Eismannsberg, Carl Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German forest scientist, natural scientist and forest officer of the free imperial city of Nuremberg
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1709
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH June 20, 1785
Place of death Nuremberg